Ordinary Zen Sangha - Dharma Talks

By Will Rauschenberger

What's Ordinary Zen Sangha - Dharma Talks about?

Dharma Talks at the Ordinary Zen Sangha, a Zen Meditation Practice Center located in Sarasota, Florida. Please help us if you can. Our programs and events are only made possible by donations from our supporting members. Donations Link...

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Ordinary Zen Sangha - Dharma Talks episodes:

05.26.2024
Episode 230: Chewing Without Chewing Anything
Leap directly to the Tathagata’s realm. Chew without chewing anything, walk without walking anywhere.
05.16.2024
Episode 229: Tea Cup
Exploring an exchange between two Zen Masters. From 208 Kongans – compiled by Chong An Sunim, Original Light Zen Temple.
05.02.2024
Episode 228: Awareness Practice, getting to know ourselves
Conceptualization perpetuates suffering.
04.11.2024
Episode 227: Causality
Accepting causality and letting go of the discriminating mind.
03.29.2024
Episode 226: Our Burden’s Are Empty
Realizing emptiness allows us the freedom to put down what burdens us.
03.13.2024
Episode 225: The Luminosity of Mahayana Mind
Coming off an all-day meditation workshop...
03.04.2024
Episode 224: Smiling with Buddha Holding A Flower
Not Two!
02.22.2024
Episode 223: enlightenment
enlightenment, how far away is it?
02.10.2024
Episode 222: Chopping Wood, Carrying Water
The perfection of wisdom and suchness
02.02.2024
Episode 221: The Authentic View
‘Don’t know mind’ is being authentic.Includes an audio clip from an Audiobook "101 Zen Stories" by Paul Beck on Audible.
01.30.2024
Episode 220: Where Is Your Home?
Breath, coming and going, life.
01.29.2024
Episode 219: The Medicine of Together Action
Buddha’s prescriptions or remedies, also called expedient means, as they apply to Zendo etiquette.
01.22.2024
Episode 218: The Gateless Gate Of Your Own Mind
The path of enlightenment…
01.15.2024
Episode 217: What Are We Doing?
In today’s Dharma Talk, we ask the question “What is it we are doing?”
01.13.2024
Episode 216: Stop Reasoning!
It neither is nor isn't. Already you see, you hear...
01.10.2024
Episode 215: Karmic Aggravations
The Perfection of Patience and our Karmic makeup, the phenomenal experience, the vibrational music of our lives.
01.01.2024
Episode 214: A New Years Message
The past is gone, everything changes, and nothing is permanent except One.
12.31.2023
Episode 213: Leting go is freedom
Letting go is walking in the footsteps of Buddha. Let it be what it is, letting go is letting go of a diluted view.
12.20.2023
Episode 212: The Dreamscape Master
What’s real and what isn’t?Just this One Mind, This Mind, which is without beginning, is unborn and indestructible. – Huang PO
12.07.2023
Episode 211: December Darkness and the Perfection of Wisdom
Zen is the secret right in front of you, letting your Light shine.
11.28.2023
Episode 210: Great Inquiry
Zen Meditation - Sitting like a hen on her eggs. Awakening to our Buddha Nature.
11.23.2023
Episode 209: True Thanksgiving Is Everyday
As expressed by the three jewels and the Bodhisattva path.
11.20.2023
Episode 208: Personality Traits Are Empty
Our personality traits are just grist for the mill.
11.14.2023
Episode 207: A Horse With Blinders On
What is it that we are unable or unwilling to see?
11.10.2023
Episode 206: The Gates Of Zen
The vehicle of Buddhas
11.04.2023
Episode 205: The Dualism of I, Me, and Mine
Are you thirsting for a mirage?
10.20.2023
Episode 204: Empathy and Compassion Are Not The Same
There is no giver or receiver with true compassion.
10.15.2023
Episode 203: It Is and It Isn't
The 360 degrees of the Zen Circle. Hold your perceptions gently like a newborn baby, with wonder…
10.01.2023
Episode 202: The Perfection of Patience
The Diamond Sutra teaches us about right understanding, right action, and the perfection of patience.
09.26.2023
Episode 201: Not Two, the Heart-Mind
Beyond duality, living compassionately, the open Heart-Mind.
09.21.2023
Episode 200: Fire Poker Zen
The Old Lady’s Tea House…
09.15.2023
Episode 199: The wonderfully useless practice that can save your life
Sitting still and meditating can change the trajectory of your life.
09.12.2023
Episode 198: A handful of soybeans
Will begins the Dharma Talk with a story from 101 Zen Stories on Audible.
09.08.2023
Episode 197: Unconditioned Nirvana
The fashionable appropriation of Non-Duality and Mindfulness is just the froth and not the soup!
09.04.2023
Episode 196: The Seeking Mind
OZS Practice Session, good to be back after a month off! Dharma Talk for 9-3-2023
07.10.2023
Episode 195: Ancestors of Ordinary Zen
The audio clip from “The Sutra of Hui Neng” in this Dharma Talk was taken from “The Diamond Sutra, The Heart Sutra, The Sutra of Hui Neng: Three Key Prajna Paramita Texts from the Zen Tradition”, available as an Audiobook...
07.04.2023
Episode 194: Right Action – Taking Care Of Self
The Six Paramitas (Generosity, Morality, Patience, Diligence, Meditation, and Wisdom) are the actualization of Right Action.
06.25.2023
Episode 193: Calmness and Wisdom
Can you have different emotional states and be calm at the same time?Dharma Talk by Sangha member, Serena Olsen.
06.24.2023
Episode 192: Life Is Difficult?
What are the aspects of our practice that deal with difficulty? They are: Don’t Know, Don’t Make, and How can I help?
06.23.2023
Episode 191: Our Meditation Practice
This Dharma Talk gets down to the basics of our practice, sitting on the cushion.
06.13.2023
Episode 190: The Drone of Traffic Noise
Anywhere is everywhere.
06.04.2023
Episode 189: Rabbit Guts and Maggots
Cognitive Resonance and Right Action…
05.22.2023
Episode 188: The Seat of The Perfection of Wisdom
The great seat of Prajna Paramita has three legs. “Don’t Know”, “What is this?”, and “Insight'”.
05.20.2023
Episode 187: At last, there is Nirvana
You are not your thoughts. “I, me, and mine” is the basis for delusion.
05.16.2023
Episode 186: What is Original Nature
The Bear Encounter…
04.26.2023
Episode 185: When is wasting time not wasting time?
Original Mind
04.23.2023
Episode 184: The Seeds of Enlightenment
Abbot Will Rauschenberger reads from the “Zen Teachings of Emptiness” by his Root Teacher, Zen Master Gosung Shin.
04.18.2023
Episode 183: The Awakened Heart-Mind
What is required to live ethically?
04.15.2023
Episode 182: Not Two, Just This!
Already you see, already you hear, before you think I see, I hear.
04.11.2023
Episode 181: The Hsin Hsin Ming
the classic poem by the Third Patriarch of Zen, Seng T’san, read by Will Rauschenberger.

What's Ordinary Zen Sangha - Dharma Talks about?

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Ordinary Zen Sangha - Dharma Talks episodes:

Episode 230: Chewing Without Chewing Anything

Episode 229: Tea Cup

Episode 228: Awareness Practice, getting to know ourselves

Episode 227: Causality

Episode 226: Our Burden’s Are Empty

Episode 225: The Luminosity of Mahayana Mind

Episode 224: Smiling with Buddha Holding A Flower

Episode 223: enlightenment

Episode 222: Chopping Wood, Carrying Water

Episode 221: The Authentic View

Episode 220: Where Is Your Home?

Episode 219: The Medicine of Together Action

Episode 218: The Gateless Gate Of Your Own Mind

Episode 217: What Are We Doing?

Episode 216: Stop Reasoning!

Episode 215: Karmic Aggravations

Episode 214: A New Years Message

Episode 213: Leting go is freedom

Episode 212: The Dreamscape Master

Episode 211: December Darkness and the Perfection of Wisdom

Episode 210: Great Inquiry

Episode 209: True Thanksgiving Is Everyday

Episode 208: Personality Traits Are Empty

Episode 207: A Horse With Blinders On

Episode 206: The Gates Of Zen

Episode 205: The Dualism of I, Me, and Mine

Episode 204: Empathy and Compassion Are Not The Same

Episode 203: It Is and It Isn't

Episode 202: The Perfection of Patience

Episode 201: Not Two, the Heart-Mind

Episode 200: Fire Poker Zen

Episode 199: The wonderfully useless practice that can save your life

Episode 198: A handful of soybeans

Episode 197: Unconditioned Nirvana

Episode 196: The Seeking Mind

Episode 195: Ancestors of Ordinary Zen

Episode 194: Right Action – Taking Care Of Self

Episode 193: Calmness and Wisdom

Episode 192: Life Is Difficult?

Episode 191: Our Meditation Practice

Episode 190: The Drone of Traffic Noise

Episode 189: Rabbit Guts and Maggots

Episode 188: The Seat of The Perfection of Wisdom

Episode 187: At last, there is Nirvana

Episode 186: What is Original Nature

Episode 185: When is wasting time not wasting time?

Episode 184: The Seeds of Enlightenment

Episode 183: The Awakened Heart-Mind

Episode 182: Not Two, Just This!

Episode 181: The Hsin Hsin Ming

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